omegaifera, synonym Ophrys apollonae (the Apollona bee-orchid), is a subspecies of orchid native to France, Greece, Crete, the East Aegean Islands and Turkey.

[1] Very early flowering forms native to Greece, the East Aegean Islands and Turkey have been distinguished as Ophrys apollonae.

[2] They usually have a shorter stem and with one (more rarely two) small flowers, with length just above 1 cm,[3] and a lip 11.7 – 13.7 mm long, much smaller than that of Ophrys omegaifera var.

basilissa, which is also a very early flowering plant.

[4] As of December 2023[update], Plants of the World Online treated Ophrys apollonae as a synonym of Ophrys omegaifera subsp.